Keeping Pace with the Rapidly Changing
Global Olefins & Derivatives Markets
We are the global chemical industry’s premier source for historical and forecast pricing. We facilitate strategic investment decisions by providing the near and long-term outlook for Asian, European, and North American Olefins & Derivatives markets. The consultants at Chemical Market Analytics often have decades of experience working in these markets and understand the challenges and opportunities, enabling efficient and invaluable interactions with clients.
Olefins & Derivatives Strategic Insights
Plastics Circularity
Chemical recycling is challenged by the high carbon footprint of producing pyrolytic oils and naphtha from plastics, low carbon power will be needed to make this process environmentally credible.
EU Green Deal and Fit for 55
EU redoubling efforts to use carbon pricing as a key tool to lower emissions and drive decarbonization. Many players in the petrochemical industry are launching investments and developing technologies to address this change.
Mainland China’s action plan for peaking carbon emissions by 2030
Short-term impact of dual control policy targets for energy consumption by province resulting in plant outages, longer-term plans include rationalization of inefficient CDUs and steam crackers.
Crude Oil-to-Chemicals (COTC)
Increasing the degree of conversion of a refined oil barrel to chemicals to produce higher yields of propylene, aromatics, and other feedstocks, ultimately elevating petrochemical production to refinery scale.
Cracker Feedslates
The ongoing shift to lighter feedslates in steam crackers reduces the output of coproducts (CC4, propylene, aromatics) and supports investments in on-purpose production capacities.
Gasoline Demand and Mobility
Refinery operations and chemical feedstock production linked to gasoline demand with future growth driven
by changing fuel-efficiency standards, increases in autonomous transportation, the electrification of vehicles, and competition from other transportation fuels.
Cost Competitiveness
Regional cost competitiveness and global trade flow are affected by the location of demand centers as well as low-cost producers with access to advantaged feedstock pricing.
Changing Trade Flows
The drive to more self-sufficiency combined with the impact of supply chain disruptions and trade wars is resulting in more production capacities to be built near demand centers, which is diverting trade flows and ultimately lowering the total traded volumes.
Near-Term Solutions
Make Better Acrylonitrile Buying, Selling, and Operating Decisions.
Find current and historical prices, including the near-term price forecasts for acrylonitrile, its feedstocks, and its key derivatives. Gain critical insights from our analysis of the regional acrylonitrile market dynamics, and country-specific trade data for acrylonitrile and its primary derivatives.
Asia Light Olefins Covers the World’s Fastest-Growing Region for Light Olefins.
Managed by consultants in our Asia offices, Asia Light Olefins tracks the latest developments in the world’s fastest-growing region for light olefins. You receive weekly market updates, including the monthly commentary on our forecasts for prices, supply and demand, trade flows and production costs. You will also receive a CHINA weekly focusing only on the China olefins market.
In addition to quarterly supply and demand balances and the operating schedules, the monthly analysis also features a “Focus” section, which delivers our consultants’ insights about timely, critical topics in the Asian olefins sector.
Europe & Middle East Light Olefins Draws Upon More Than 25 Years of Experiences to Provide Clients with Near-term Forecast for the Region’s Light Olefins and Derivatives Markets.
Europe & Middle East Light Olefins offers a comprehensive focus view of the European and Middle Eastern light olefins markets. While this service concentrates predominantly on Europe and the Middle East, it also benefits from the insights provided by our Asian and North American practices, making it a fully integrated service.
Clients receive quarterly price forecasts each month, along with a quick reference appendix containing data on supply and demand, trade, operating schedules, new project listings and price forecasts. Through continual, personal interactions with key industry sources, chemical consultants gather and study industry-specific data, analyze and translate it into valuable insights and forecasting advice.
Access to the Industry’s Most Comprehensive Analysis and Near-Term Forecasting for the Acrylates and Super Absorbent Polymer Markets.
Find regional price data, margin analysis, production capacities and economics, supply-demand balances, and import-export flows for glacial acrylic acid, butyl acrylate, 2 ethyl hexyl acrylate and super absorbent polymers (SAP). In addition, you will receive selected end-use demand and shipments, including the plant and project news across the value chain.
Global C4 Olefins & Elastomers Provide Near-Term Market Intelligence on Butadiene, Butylenes, Mtbe, and C4-based Elastomers.
Global C4 Olefins & Elastomers provides near-term market intelligence on butadiene, butylenes, MTBE and C4-based elastomers. Clients rely on our impartial analyses, supported by independent data, to make optimal decisions in this highly complex market.
Understanding the intricacies of the global C4s and elastomers supply chain requires deep knowledge of the highly different drivers and regulatory patterns influencing its components. Global C4 Olefins & Elastomers harness over three decades of industry experience to provide our clients with the most comprehensive view of these world markets. Through continual, personal interactions with key industry sources, chemical consultants gather and study industry-specific data, analyze and translate it into valuable insights and forecasting advice.
Clients receive a monthly market summary and appendix, containing current and forecasted prices, supply and demand balances, operating schedules and other key market metrics. Near mid-month, our consultants deliver a separate, detailed report on a timely issue facing the global C4s and elastomers industry.
Global Tire Raw Materials Indices Delivers a Monthly Index for Historical and Current Tire Raw Material Costs, Segmented by Synthetic Rubber, Natural Rubber, Carbon Black, Fiber, Steel Cord, Silica and Other Chemicals.
Recent years have seen increased volatility in tire raw material costs due to trends in world oil, petrochemical and natural rubber markets. Against this background of rapid change and uncertainty, Global Tire Raw Materials Indices equips tire producers and consumers with the relevant data they need to conduct transparent transactions and increase efficiency. Each month, clients receive a series of indices demonstrating historical and current tire raw material trends for each region.
With Global Tire Raw Materials Indices, clients benefit from the extensive chemical knowledge of the petrochemical and rubber industries as well as consultants’ access to leading references in Europe, the United States and Asia for feedstock prices. Through continual, personal contact with these sources, consultants gather, systematize and translate the data into valuable insights and forecasting advice.
North America Light Olefins Equips you With Near-Term Pricing and Other Key Forecasts for the Entire Light Olefin Value Chain, from Upstream Sources to Downstream Ethylene, Propylene and Primary Derivatives.
North America Light Olefins provides clients with a comprehensive, yet focused view of the Canadian, US, and Mexican light olefins (ethylene and propylene) markets. You will receive weekly and monthly market data and analytical insights covering the ethylene and propylene markets, with an overview of their major derivative products. The clients also receive our prices, unique metrics, and real-time news and intelligence. Through continual, personal interactions with key industry sources, our consultants collect industry-specific data, analyze and translate it into valuable insights and forecasting advice.
Long-Term Solutions
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real-time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
Olefins and Derivatives Global Team
Martin Staley
Executive Director, EMEA Acrylic Acid, Acrylates, SAP, MMA, Oxo Alcohols, Plasticizers Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioPablo Giorgi
Executive Director, Global Olefins Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioSteve Lewandowski
Vice President, Global Olefins & Derivatives Team Lead Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioBill Hyde
Vice President, Global C4 & Elastomers Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioMatthew Thoelke
Executive Director, EMEA Ethylene & Propylene Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioWilliam Chen, Ph.D
Executive Director, Asia Olefins Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioKevin Longworth
Executive Director, Global Acrylonitrile Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioJulian Gunther
Principal Analyst - Olefin Derivatives - Americas Acrylic Acid, Acrylates, SAP, MMA, Oxo Alcohols, Plasticizers Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
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